| drupa | |
| Begins: | 28 May 2024 |
| Ends: | 7 June 2024 |
| Frequency: | Every 4 years |
| Venue: | Düsseldorf Fairgrounds |
| Location: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Participants: | 1828 from 54 countries (2016) |
| Attendance: | 260,165 from 183 countries (2016) |
| Genre: | Printing equipment |
| Organised: | Messe Düsseldorf |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Drupa (stylized drupa) is the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, held every four years by Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany. The word drupa is a portmanteau of the German words Druck und Papier ("print and paper").
Thousands of industry experts are usually present, and corporate representation typically includes companies such as Agfa Graphics, Océ N.V., Muller Martini, EIZO, Esko, HP Inc., Xeikon, Flint Group, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Manroland, Kern, Pitney Bowes, New Solution, Xerox, Kodak, Canon, Transeomedia, DirectSmile, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Martin Automatic, Komori Corporation, Fujifilm, Siegwerk, Inspectron and Koenig & Bauer AG.[2] Several new technologies are typically demonstrated during Drupa.
| drupa-year | Exhibition space in m² | Visitors from countries | Exhibitors from countries | Highlights | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Platen Press" with 5,000 printed sheets/h | Hubert Sternberg | |||||
| Stereotype-engraving machine | Hubert Sternberg | |||||
| Hubert Sternberg | ||||||
| Hubert Sternberg | ||||||
| Stacker | Hubert Sternberg | |||||
| Small offset printing with 8,000 sheets/h | Kurt Werner | |||||
| Kurt Werner | ||||||
| Kurt Werner | ||||||
| Data Exchange | Kurt Werner | |||||
| Fully digitized machines and secondary systems | Kurt Werner | |||||
| Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann | ||||||
| Complex solution providers | Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann | |||||
| Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann | ||||||
| Digital technologies | Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann | |||||
| Hybrid-Technologie, Nano ink, Printed electronics | Bernhard Schreier | |||||
| Claus Bolza-Schünemann | ||||||
Since 2000 every drupa had its own theme song. The idea started in 1986 with a song featuring a country folk style which was later nominated as one of the worst corporate anthems ever by The Register.[3] Nevertheless, they are one of the drupa trademarks since the theme song concept was resurrected with a dance/pop power ballad in 2000. The drupa 2004 theme song used a techno dance style while the song for 2012 was performed by Dirk Zeisler.